Olympiad problems

1999 Denmark MO - Mohr Contest, 1

In a coordinate system, a circle with radius $7$ and center is on the y-axis placed inside the parabola with equation $y = x^2$ , so that it just touches the parabola in two points. Determine the coordinate set for the center of the circle.

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2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 472

Given a line segment $ PQ$ moving on the parabola $ y \equal{} x^2$ with end points on the parabola. The area of the figure surrounded by $ PQ$ and the parabola is always equal to $ \frac {4}{3}$. Find the equation of the locus of the mid point $ M$ of $ PQ$.

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2010 USAJMO, 4

A triangle is called a parabolic triangle if its vertices lie on a parabola $y = x^2$. Prove that for every nonnegative integer $n$, there is an odd number $m$ and a parabolic triangle with vertices at three distinct points with integer coordinates with area $(2^nm)^2$.

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